Sports In Depth: Wednesday/Pirates All-Black-1971-Line-Up/*Trust*In*GOD*/

 On a late summer evening in 1971, Manny Sanguillen heard his Pittsburgh Pirates teammate Dave Cash mention that something unusual was happening inside Three Rivers Stadium. No, not unusual. Unprecedented.Sanguillen, the ebullient catcher and a native of Panama, stood at home plate and scanned the field. All of the Pirates on the artificial turf had something in common. Something other than their double-knit white uniforms with black and gold trim.
 We have nine brown people on the field,” Sanguillen said to himself, his amazement and delight still evident as he tells the story.Sanguillen found his close friend Roberto Clemente, the Pirates’ right fielder from Puerto Rico, and pointed out the makeup of the lineup to take on the Philadelphia Phillies.
“We have to win this game,” Clemente said earnestly. “Can you imagine what they’ll say if we don’t win with all of us on the field?
Pittsburgh’s lineup 50 years ago Wednesday included two future Hall of Fame players, Clemente and left fielder Willie Stargell, and four other players who were current or future All-Stars: Sanguillen, first baseman Al Oliver, third baseman Cash and a Southern California native and a Gardena High School grad, pitcher Dock Ellis.Rounding out the starters were shortstop Jackie Hernandez, second baseman Rennie Stennett and center fielder Gene Clines..
 The writers ran in after the game and said to Danny, 'Do you know what you did? You started an all-Black lineup. Danny said, 'I didn't know that. I thought I was putting the best nine Pirates out on the field tonight.' “When it comes to making out the lineup, I’m colorblind and my athletes know it.”